In honor of Don D, who recognizes the value of whimsy. Here's one fo my favorite childhood poems back at you. Joe - By David McCord We feed the birds in...
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Robert Hughes
rhughes.enteract@...
Jan 1, 2004 4:54 pm
An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and an adult Thayer's Gull were at the 64th Street beach this morning. At Rainbow Beach there was a flock of about 100 scaup,...
1-1-04 Everyone watch your thistle feeders! We have had 1-3 common redpolls showing up at our feeder off and on throughout the day since Christmas day. Sorry...
American Robin - less than 10,000 birds to go for 2004 Pat Durkin Chicago - Cook County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kipwhitefield@...
Jan 1, 2004 7:19 pm
My wife and I visited Bartel Grasslands yesterday at 3:00, hiked out to the two tractors and watched at least 10 Short-eared Owls put on a spectacular aerial...
Inspired by the poems from yesterday, I felt somewhat compelled to share a rather twisted Christmas Carol... if you have a weak stomach or aren't fond of...
Today we went to Hidden Lake and the Morton Arboretum. At Hidden Lake we had Robin Blue Jay Cardinal Dark-eyed Junco White-crowned House White-throated Tree ...
I took an afternoon stroll around Volo Bog today. The highlight for me was seeing a Northern Shrike, which is a lifer for me! I also had a frustrating owl...
There was a Wild Turkey on the grassy strip between Central and I-90 across from the south end of Paul Douglas FP in Hoffman Estates at dusk today. Very ...
My wife and I identified a juvenile red headed woodpecker this morning in Knoch Knolls Park in Naperville. It is quite interesting as we have never seen a red...
I have been doing some research online to find out where the eagle festivals are along the Mississippi. There are quite a few. My question to this group is ...
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jweckst
jweckst@...
Jan 2, 2004 2:59 am
Late this afternoon I had a nice New Years day surprise. A merlin hung out for about an hour near my house on a telephone pole in the Robeson Elementary ...
The annual New Year's Day field trip was held at the Arb today and yielded 30 species with twice that amount of birders! Activity was a little slow, yet ...
I was only able to participate in the Waukegan CBC for the afternoon but had the following at Lyons... 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 3...
The Andrini's, Karen and I all saw this bird again today (Jan. 2) about 10AM. It has been frequenting some feeders at a house on the NE corner of Wallace and...
Bird People: The Chicago Park District has just informed me that the North Pond beaver was removed from the area on New Year’s Day at approximately 6:30 a.m....
New years day highlights in Quad Cities included Long-tailed Duck with at least five Greater Scaup in a mixed flock at west edge of Butterworth Park along...
The weekend Jan 24 & 25 at Starved Rock Lodge and the visitor center on the other side of river (Il waterway visitors center) will be a eagle festival! I have...
On Friday morning I was able to see two different NORTHERN SHRIKES in DuPage Co.: The first was along the entrance road to the main parking lot off 79th St. at...
The varied thrush was not seen on Friday, Jan. 2. t [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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pq609@...
Jan 2, 2004 11:47 pm
Ever wonder what peregrine falcons do to take advantage of a balmy (over 50F) January day in Chicago?…well, they go bathing at the Jackson Park Beach! I was...
There were two Glaucous Gulls together on Lake Decatur today, a first year and a second year. They were viewed from Fisherman's Wharf near the dam. The adult...
Hopefully by January 24 and 25 it will have been really cold for a couple weeks and Starved Rock will be overrun with Bald Eagles and interesting gulls! It's a...
At 8:40am this morning (1-3-04) I saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE just south of L. Calumet's Big Marsh. To get to this area, drive north on Stony Island Avenue from ...
I birded Springbrook Prairie in Naperville, DuPage County on Saturday, January 3rd and for the first time ever in January the water in the marsh and larger...
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ralph eiseman
r18btbw@...
Jan 3, 2004 5:27 pm
Has anyone the TOWHEE @ Whole Foods recently? ===== Ralph Ralph M. Eiseman 6543 N. Fairfield Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 773.743.2894 CONTINENTAL BIRDING FRS...
I was in Shelbyville this morning and didn't know whether the chickadee I saw was a Black-capped or Carolina. Does anyone know whether one or the other is...
After work this morning (1/3/2004) I walked over to Sapsucker Court in the River North area of Chicago (next to the SunTimes building on the north side of...
Today at Green Valley FP land fill there was a Rough-legged Hawk hovering over the land fill. Also the trail that parelles the north side of the land fill was...
